Serving-tray.



No. 844,219. PATENTED FEB. 12, 1907.

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SERVING TRAY.

, APPLICATION FILED FEBJS, 1906.

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CHARLES ANDREW WEISS, OF NEW YORK, N. Y

SERVENG TRAY.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 12, 1907.

Application filed February 15,1906. Serial No. 301,161.

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CHAELEs ANDREW W E1ss, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, borough of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Serving-Tray, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The purpose of the invention is to provide a serving-tray which is constructed to rest upon a table and to be freely moved thereon and which is provided with means for attachment to tables of varying depth of top board.

A further purpose of the invention is to so construct the tray that a series of objects and receptacles are carried by a common base and to so group the objects and locate the fastening devices for the tray that when the tray is secured upon a table or other support it will occupy no more room than that usually required for a single object.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of the several parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a vice, and Fig. taken practically on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1.

A represents the base of the device, which is preferably constructed of metal, and base is provided generally with cushions at the bottom, so as not to mar a polished surface upon which the device may rest. Furthermore, the said base is provided with a series of arms, usually four in number, as illustrated-namely, an arm 11, an arm- 12, an arm 13, and an arm 14all of which arms are horizontal and radiate irom the central portion of the base; but thesaid arms are of greater or less length or wldth, as required by the objects they are adapted to support.

The arms 12 and 13 support saucers 15, preferably made of thin metal, and at the central portion of each saucer a disk 16 is located and permanently secured, the disk being at a certain elevation above the crown or central portion of the saucer, and each dish 16 is provided with a series of upwardly-extending arms 17, so that a vessel, such as a glass, may be securely held within the space defined by the arms.

plan view or the improved de- 2 is a central vertical section ways hand, but cannot ffThe saucers are by preference located on the side arms of the base, and on the forward arm 11 of the base a receptacle 18 is secured in any suitable or approved manner, which receptacle is adapted to contain matches. On the arm 14, which is usually the largest arm of the group, a gong 19 is secured, provided with the usual push-button 20, and on top of this gong a receptacle 21 is suitably secured, ordinarily by means of a sleeve surrounding the push-button of the gong, and this receptacle 21 is adapted to receive ashes. Furthermore, the receptacle 21 is provided with holders 22, located diametrically opposite at the upper edge of the receptacle 21, and said holders 22 are intended to hold cigars in position relative to the said receptacle or ash-tray 21. Thus it will be observed that in one article a number of receptacles are provided, all of which are mounted on a common base, and that the gong 19 being a portion of the article is albe removed unless the entire device is taken away.

Means are provided for attaching the device firmly to a table and in such manner that the device when attached will occupy in its entirety only the space which would naturally be taken up by the presence of a gong. These means consist of an L-shaped arm B, which preferably in cross-section is in the nature of an angle-iron, and the vertical member 23 of the said arm is passed through an opening 2 1, provided in the central portion of the base or that portion of the base which is about centrally located between the various receptacles carried thereby. The horizontal member 25 of the said arm B eX- tends beneath the base, and the base is hollowed out at its lower portion or is provided with a chamber 26 to receive the horizontal member 25 of the said arm, so as to enable the base to rest securely on the table or other support, and at the upper portion of the ver tical member 23 of the arm B a slot 27 is produced, and through this slot a screw 28 is passed, provided with a suitable nut and washer 29, as is best shown in Fig. 1, and this screw limits the downward movement of the arm B and is adjustably placed in the arm, so as to enable the arm B to be brought in clamping engagement with supports of different thickness. A spring 30 is secured to the horizontal member 25 of the said arm, and the free end of the spring is more or less curved and extends beyond the outer or free end of the said horizontal member 25 of the arm B, and at the said outer end of the horizontal member 25 of the arm B a cam 31 is pivoted, adapted for engagement with the curved portion of the spring 80, and said cam has a handle 32 attached to it or integral therewith, whereby to operate the cam. 'l he said handle when carried up to an engagement with the horizontal member of the arm B has suitable locking engagement therewith and is practically flush at its lower edge with the said horizontal member of the clamping arm, as shown by full lines in Fig. 2, so that when the device is to be placed upon a table the clamping means interfere in no manner with the level position of the device on the support. Vhen, however, the device is to be attached to a table, the base is placed over the table at the edge in such manner that that portion which is below the gong is over the table or support, and the arm B is dropped to its lower position, (shown by dotted lines in Fig. 2,) the handle 32 being then carried to its dropped or lower position, (shown at 90 in Fig. 2,) and when the device has been located on the table or support the handle 32 is carried to its upper position, bringing the beak of the cam against the spring 30, thus clamping the device to the table and holding it in firm or fixed position.

Havingthus described my invention, 1 claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. A serving-tray, comprising a base, receptacles carried thereby, a clamp-arm slidably mounted in the base, whereby the arm is adjustable to various positions below thbase and a cam pivoted to the clamp-arm, and provided with a handle whereby to operate the same.

2. A serving-tray comprising a base, receptacles carried by the base, and an ll..- shaped clamp-arm having one of its mem bers adjustable and slidable in the base to extend below the same, the other member being provided with a cam having aihandle whereby to manipulate the same.

3. A serving-tray comprising a base, receptacles carried thereby, the base being provided with a chambered under surface, a clamp adjustably slidable in the base, a spring carried by the clamp, a cam pivotally mounted on the clamp in engagement with the said spring, and a handle for operating the cam, the cam and handle portion of the clamp in one position thereof being adapted to lie within the chambered portion of the base.

4. A serving-tray comprising a chambered base, receptacles on the base, and a clamp consisting of an L-shaped arm having its vertical member slidably mounted in the base, the horizontal member being adapted in one position of the arm to lie within the chambered portion of the base, and a cam pivoted on the horizontal member of the said arm, and provided with means whereby to operate the same.

5. A serving-tray comprising a base hav 'ing a chamber in its bottom and arms eX- tending from the said base, receptacles mounted on the said arms and a clamp consisting of an L-shap ed body-arm the vertical member whereof is slidably mounted in the base, the horizontal member being adapted in one position of the clamp to enter the chamber in the base, the said vertical member of the arm being provided with a slot, a member adjustable in the said slot whereby to limit the downward movement of the said arm, a cam pivotally mounted on the horizontal member of the arm, and means for operating the said cam.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

CHARLES ANDREVJ i VEISS. Witnesses HUGO NEY, GEORGE Fonsr. 

